The Mysterious Substance That Flowed Through the Veins of the Greek Gods

The Mysterious Substance That Flowed Through the Veins of the Greek Gods

Statue of Greek God Zeus. Credit: flickr / Richard Mortel CC BY 2.0 You’d be wrong to think the ancient Greek gods bled the usual, red liquid like you and me, as ichor was the substance that defined their existence. When those dazzling, dramatic, and downright powerful deities actually got wounded (which wasn’t often, mind you), something else entirely flowed through their veins. It was called ichor: potent, mysterious, and honestly, pretty inti…